Please, someone rescue my sanity! Since I have a bunch of parts removed
from the Europa anyhow, I thought it might be a good idea to rebuild the
master cylinder. I still think it's a good idea, but I can't get the
bloody thing apart! If anyone has experience with Girling tandem master
cylinders, I would sure appreciate some advice.
At the moment there are two pieces that I am unable to remove: The
reservoir, and what I guess is an anti-backflow valve. Here's some
crude ASCII art to illustrate what I'm referring to:
+-----------------------------+
| | <---Reservoir
| |
| /-------- Anti-backflow valve
| / |
+--|--|--\ | |
Nipple------> +|--|+ \---------+--|---+-+ +-+
\----/ | V | | |
+----|--|--------------+------+-------| |
| | |
| | |
+-------------------------------------| |
| |
+-+
>From what I can tell, the reservoir is just snapped into the front
inlet. I can rotate the who thing around the nipple and it doesn't seem
to unscrew, but I'm afraid to pull too hard on it and break the plastic
reservoir. So question #1 is, how do I get the reservoir off?
Question #2 is, how do I get the valve out of the cylinder casting? The
valve itself had a small C clip retaining a spring that apparently holds
something like a miniature intake valve shut. This also has the effect
of retaining the plunger in the cylinder bore. Obvious I need to remove
the valve, but I'm not certain how it's retained. The valve fitting has
a 1/2-inch hex in it, but I sure can't unscrew it. I'm starting to
wonder whether this isn't some sort of press-fit.
I've applied a small amount of heat, but I'd rather not do that too much
because I don't want to ruin the rubber seals before I see what kind of
shape they're in, and find out whether I can get new ones.
Does anyone have some hints for me?
-coryc
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